Why no droids? Because scientists are crap

I just caught up with an interview in Newsweek with Rodney Brooks, the roboticist, in which he argues that conscious robots are possible. The real problem, he says, is us. "Whether we humans are smart enough to build such machines is a different question. Maybe we're just not smart enough. That pisses off the scientists when I say that."

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